Anatomically preserved marattialean plants from the Upper Permian of southwestern China: The trunk of Psaronius panxianensis sp. nov.

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 155-180

  He, X Y ^a,b   Wang, S J ^a   Hilton, Jason ^c   Tian, B L ^d   Zhou, Y L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Marattiales; Psaronius; Stewartiopteris; Stipitopteris; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; MARATTIALES;

EID: 43849106236     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0638-7     Document Type: Article

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